(118281) Dd. 391599 1,500M 2/69 Hw.
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FEE INCREASES AT ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS
BACKGROUND
There are
small numbers of
There are
In
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Hong Kong a few English-speaking
schools for children who are able to understand &
itthurst they are
attended mostly by
nature largely
alow attract
speak English, which, are by their
attended by expatriate children, although a condiderable
Juldain.
number of English-speaking Chinese families send their
ehildren to these schools. There are 6 Junior & 2
Secondary schools in this category which are either
run by the Government or, in the case of ene Junior &
1 Secondary school, by the English Schools Foundation
with Government aid.
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In 1965, the Hong Kong Government officially
adopted a policy of parity of subsidy to English- and
Chinese-speaking schools of the same educational
standard. In the White Paper on Education Policy
published in April 1965 it was proposed that the
more expensive education provided in English schools
should not be a charge on public funds ". Certain modest
increases were proposed to take account of increasing
costs with the result that, in 1971, fees stood at
speaking HK$480 for primary and $1,500 for secondary, English
schools.
NEW POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
on 1 September
In May 1971, the Government announced that fees
would be increased from 1 September to $1,500 at
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